This article by Robert Loerzel originally appeared in Playbill magazine in March 2010. Chicago used to be the kind of town where actors were afraid of saying words like “hell” or “damn” on the stage. And taking off their clothes during a play? Unthinkable. These days, smoking a cigarette is just about the only thing that… Continue reading Censorship in Chicago theater
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Joseph Dunlop, a newspaper publisher imprisoned for obscenity
Chicago magazine, March 2010 — By the summer of 1895, anyone who glanced through the classified ad section of a feisty young newspaper called the Chicago Dispatch would have noticed a curious phenomenon: Dozens of women used the forum to announce their desire to meet gentlemen. Many ladies specified the sort of men they wanted to see:… Continue reading Joseph Dunlop, a newspaper publisher imprisoned for obscenity